Celebrity Flashbacks

July 28, 2008

Entertainment highlights during the week of July 27-Aug. 2: 1928: Leo the Lion roared for the first time at the beginning of MGM's first talking picture, "White Shadows in the South Seas." 1940: The cartoon character Bugs Bunny made his official debut when Warner Brothers released the animated short "A Wild Hare." 1971: James Taylor reached the top of the Billboard pop chart with "You've Got a Friend." 1976: Tina Turner filed for divorce from Ike Turner. 1981: MTV made its debut on cable stations across the U.S. The first video played was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. 1984: The movie "Purple Rain," featuring Prince, opened in the U.S. and Canada. 1998: Puppeteer Shari Lewis died of uterine cancer in Los Angeles. She was 65. Her best known puppets were Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse. 2000: Brad Pitt married Jennifer Aniston in Malibu, Calif. They separated after more than four years of marriage. 2000: Kathie Lee Gifford hosted her last broadcast of "Live With Regis and Kathie Lee." 2003: Comedian Bob Hope died of pneumonia in Toluca Lake, Calif. He was 100. 2006: Mel Gibson was arrested for drunken driving. The police report says Gibson screamed obscenities and derogatory things about Jewish people. 2007: Britney Spears' divorce from Kevin Federline was finalized.